Smyrna times., 1887-02-23
Smvrna and .Vicinitv.

TURNIP greens made their appear
ance down the State last week.
A LARGE INVOICE of Spring goods
was received yesterday at COttOn's
store.
FARMERS commenced blowing for
oats last week in Sussex county and on
down the Peninsula.
THE Johnson building has been dig
nifed by a new coat of paint, the cor
nice especially, of bright cOlors.
VERY few business places will change
location this Spring, but there will be
the usual changes of residences.
AT the meeting of the Smyrna Build
ing and Loan Association last night
money sold at and u per cent.
GRAPE vine trimming and tree trim
ming has the order of the day, pre-
paratory to the coming of Spring.
DIR. JOHN NJ. BOYD has a call to
GreensbOrOugh to exercise his veter-
mary skill on a valuable horse belong
ing to Mr.. Bernard.
THE farmers are making engage
ments for laborers the coming season.
The time for setting in is usually from
the first to the middle of March.
THE Town Commissioners have sold
to the citizens of Delaware City the
large fire engine for 800. 1t was
shipped to-day on the steamer Tygert.
THE sugar naples blOomed out last
week and the humming of the bees
among the branches indicates that they
are gathering the first sweets from the
blossoms of 1887.
On Friday last T.. D. Pierce (suc-
cessOr to Johnson BrOthers) was
awarded the contract to supply the gum
coats and boots for the Citizens Hose
Company of this town.
THE regular meeting of the Woman's
| Foreign Missionary Society will be held
Thursday evening, February 9th, in
the NJ. E. Church, Class Room No. l
at half-past six o'clock.
HIRNHEIMER moved OH Monday into
| his newly fitted up stOre-a light, bright
and cheerful room. As one of the cor
ner merchants, Mr. Hirnheimer will
doubtless make his house a prOminen
| one for business.
THE two fat beeves that the Messrs
Lienberger got of James BrOckson anC
put on the market Saturday weigheC
1866 lbs. gross, dressing &c lbs. to tn,
100. 1t takes the best fatted cattle Il
| net so good a fiUure aS this
| AN unusual number of people ar,
moving from Smyrna. The steame
Tggert this week has already four sep
arate sets of household goods for Phil
adelphia and Chester. Nearly ever,
trip there is a moving to Chester.
J. V. SMITH has in his window
neat brass model of the Little damon,
CultivatOr, the one with the latest i'm
prOvements, which ne has made for tn
Geo. w. & S. Taylor Company, an,
which they are now putting up to FL
orders.
A. L. HUDSON and A. L. Hudson
Jr., have gone West to buy a car lOa
OfyOung stock, either horses or mules
They purpose giving their attention
more to stock raising, hence this effoT
to get young animals to develop o
their own lands.
THE loss of Mr.. Spears horses an
cattle last week by fire has great
stimulated the insurance of stock j
this section. 1t is stated that Nj
Spears loss alone would nearly pay tn
insurance on all the stabbed and ha
tered stock in the Hundred.
THE position of the doctor" is we
stated on our first page by a fair cor
tributOr of our town, and the "ca
stove " has a lUarm defender in rs,
who takes issue with the papers a
over the country which are now poul
ing out on it their maledictions.
CLAYTON LODGE, No. 16, 1. o. G. T
will hold public meeting in their ha
on Thursday evening March 3rd. A
interesting programme will be prC
Epared to consist of an address by Pro
Herman Roe, select readings and mus
by the Clayton NJ. P. Church choir.
THE Bank Officers took a holida
yesterday in honor of 1" The Father
his Country" The public scho,
children and teachers hOnOred the nat,
day of the same good man by full an
well prepared recitatiOns The Smyr1
p Home School displayed their patrio
! ism by closing for the afternoon.
> THE protracted meeting in the NJ. ]
, Church of this town commenced Il
, first of January by Rev. ]. B. Quigg,
still in progress, with meetings large
attended nightly. Twenty-eight De
sons Joined church on probation SUI
| day and four Monday night makir
lob who have united with the church
this date.
THE Neck has not had the usu
number of turkey dinners and oyst
D suppers this winter as has former
] been the case, (perhaps the nude
= roads has had something to do with j
. but last Wednesday about fifty asseT
, bled at the residence of Thomas KirI
to do honor both to their guest and Il
2 time-hOnOred custom.
AN unusual thief capture occurr,
D down in Thoroughfare Neck by Tho
t Jones last week, who accomplished !
Z less feat than the capture of a GRO
which was stealing q mess of corn fro
an unhusked bunch. He was 80 /
tent on his dinner that he did not kno
he was in danger until Mr.. Jones, wi
o had come up on the opposite side, hi
him in his grasp.
a LIVELY SURPRISE PARTY of abO
" forty people from the Lodge of Go
: Templars, assisted by many others al
n by friends outside, swoOped down uD
O our tOwnsman, WIN. b. Start, last S,
-, urday night at his home on South sire
They kept up a running entertainme
= of speeches, songs, conversation, "du1
o orator" &c, for about two hours, a
e cheered the hearts Of Mr.. Start and
= family with a donation aggregate
about fifty dollars, there being a puI
g Of $50 cash. The visit was one
G. friendship and good cheer all around
WE are asked to call the attention
- some young men who go to the Me-
E. Odist church to the fact that their tai
ing (which Is violation of all of
rules of prOpriety) is great annOyar
and distracts the minds of those who
" to hear the preacher and enioy the 8
"a vices. The persons complained of I
IS those whose education and connect
Of with good society makes it the m,
~ noticeable, because better things
= expected of them. The regular ST
le day morning and evening services
ly the occasion when theses young m
re take the time to amuse themselves
4. annoying others.
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